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exulceration

exulceration noun: ulceration.

Noun

exulceration (countable and uncountable, plural exulcerations)

  1. (obsolete) ulceration
    • […] and thus it is likewiſe of ſervice in choletic Conſtitutions, and where the Shapneſs of Humours threatens Excoriations and Exulcerations.1719, John Quincy, Pharmacopœia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, a Compleat English Dispensatory, publ. A Bell (2nd ed., very much Improv'd), page 437.
  2. (obsolete) fretting; festering; soreness
    • Which exulceration of mind made him apt to take all occaſions of contradiction.1594, Richard Hooker, The Second Booke of Ecclesiasticall Politie

Forms of exulceration

pluralexulcerations

Origin of exulceration

Latin exulceratio: compare French exulcération.

Questions about exulceration

What does exulceration mean?
Exulceration means ulceration.
What part of speech is exulceration?
Exulceration is a noun.
What is the plural of exulceration?
The plural of exulceration is exulcerations.

Words near exulceration in the dictionary

  1. exulcerate
  2. exulcerated
  3. exulcerates
  4. exulcerateth
  5. exulcerating
  6. exulceration
  7. exulcerations
  8. exulcerative
  9. exuls
  10. exult
  11. exultance

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